#benka

[mansnooziesmoosmutzel]

"Cycling and swimming, watering strawberry beds, running errands for father's grocery shop, sitting by the river fishing, playing ball in Eva-Lotte's garden - not enough to fill the days. The summer holidays were so long. Yes, summer holidays were fortunately long. And they were the best invention ever, Kalle thought. It was strange to think that adults had come up with something like that. They really did let you run around in the sunshine for ten weeks without worrying about the Thirty Years' War or anything like that. Instead, you could spent your time with Wars of the Roses, and that was much nicer."

(from: Kalle Blomkvist Lives Dangerously (1951), by Astrid Lindgren)

[lyricalchrysanthemum]

Thinking about Alder and his many kids. Like he obviously had children at some point because Benka but like. hc

Iris sees him as a grandfather figure and calls him grandpa in pokespe iirc alongside Drayden so.. (Iris-Drayden-Alder family in general makes my heart so soft)

Marshal is his student but they can be more than teacher and student (father and son)

He adopted N at some point in his head at some point because boo Ghetsis.

I also hc him viewing Cheren as one of his own.

[benkaben]

Me when I'm an all evil infinitely powerful being

[sageandscorpiongrass]

hello <3 could you please do a webweaving on losing someone you love? thank you!

Either way, you're not coming back.

For whatever reason, I really struggled with this one. I wasn't sure if you meant loss as in dying or loss as in leaving, so I tried to make it applicable to both.

tender is not a bad word, K.C Cramm | Planet of Love, Richard Siken | A Self-Portrait in Letters, Anne Sexton | Count the Almonds, Paul Celan | Come Over (Again), Crawlers | A Valentine That Can’t Be Sent, Rosmarie Waldrop | Poetic Regulations, Mahmoud Darwish | Intimacy, Hanif Kureishi | @/small-planets | The Torn-Up Road, Richard Siken | Instructions for the End, Jen Benka | Norwegian Woods, Haruki Murakami

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[bengiyo]

HI BELOVED, just passing by to let you know I absolutely ADORE your Jinta pfp 10/10, the "about to judge your love making skills with all the boredom of a thousand years old being" really suits you <3

Thank you, bestie. I knew my people would understand me.

[the-alternate-realities]

[mouseandboo]

Postcrossing SK-335497 by Gail Anderson Via Flickr: Postcard with a picture of the painting called Spring In The Mountains done in 1923 by Slovak painter Martin Benka. Sent by a Postcrossing member in Slovakia.

[littleragondin]

Me 11 episodes ago: knowing the end is going to be what it is definitively going to help me manage my emotions as I go through the story, it's FINE <(￣︶￣)> I'll just enjoy the ride.

Me now, on ep.14, as they keep promising each other that they'll never leave each other: ... it's worse (ಥ﹏ಥ) ... knowing makes it so much worse ... (ಥ﹏ಥ)

[thevashstampede]

@benkaben

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[benkaben]

It's just beautiful to me, that among so many stories that treat disability as something that should be cured in order for the characters to be considered complete/loveable/get their happy ending, See Your Love actually came in and said that no, you're actually deserving of love and respect and care without having to "fix" yourself into a perfect being, because you already are a whole person, and being disabled doesn't make you "less than", on the contrary, it's a part of you that can also be cherished not because any other reason than because it's a part of you, it's a piece of you that fits in the puzzle of yourself, not something that has taken a piece out of it, there's things you can't control and that's okay, it's not a moral failing, and you don't need to be anything else than yourself to find love.

[ql-corner]

WELP IT IS DONE! Here are some links if you guys would like to follow this project!

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[bunnakit]

I hope you're doing great my friend, have a little turtle and a fierce T-Rex in your inbox as I'm now obsessed with Monster Next Door 🐢 💙​🦖!

Also I love your current blog theme, makes me all "c:" each time I come in here and get surrounded by the pink ✨🌸

AWW TENK U im so looking forward to watching it when I can!!

I hope I've conditioned everyone to see the 🌸 emoji and think of me 😌

[iridiscent-me]

@benkaaoi

Oh

[6peaches]

Jen Benka - This

light: a warm peach melting

[xabiramone]

Happy birthday to the late Rowland Stuart Howard (24 October 1959 – 30 December 2009) was an Australian rock musician, guitarist and songwriter, best known for his work with the post-punk group The Birthday Party and his subsequent solo career.

Rowland Stuart Howard was born on 24 October 1959 in Melbourne, to John Stanton Howard and Lorraine (née Stuart), the second of three children. His siblings were sister Angela Howard and brother Harry Howard, both also musicians. In a 2016 interview, his brother Harry Howard stated the family is of paternal English descent from Bolton, Lancashire and maternal Scottish descent.

Rowland Stuart Howard wrote "Shivers" at the age of 16 while in the band Young Charlatans. Howard gained acclaim after joining Melbourne-based band The Boys Next Door, when the song was released as a single. The band changed their name to The Birthday Party and Howard's discordant guitar remained a major factor in their sound. The Birthday Party relocated from Australia to London in 1980 and subsequently to West Berlin.

The Birthday Party's early records were released by Missing Link Records in Australia and 4AD Records in the UK. They later became associated with Mute Records in Europe. Howard was also a member of the short-lived project, Tuff Monks with Birthday Party bandmates, Nick Cave and Mick Harvey. However, Howard and singer Nick Cave suffered 'creative differences', and Howard left the Birthday Party as they transformed into The Bad Seeds. He soon became a member of Crime & the City Solution, a band led by Simon Bonney. Howard, with Crime & the City Solution, appeared in the 1987 movie Wings of Desire by German filmmaker Wim Wenders playing the song "Six Bells Chime" in a Berlin Club. Later he formed These Immortal Souls with girlfriend Genevieve McGuckin, brother, Harry Howard, and Epic Soundtracks.

Howard also collaborated with Lydia Lunch, Nikki Sudden, ex-Barracudas singer Jeremy Gluck, guitarist Gavin Poolman, French electro group KaS Product, Barry Adamson, Einstürzende Neubauten, guitarist Chris Haskett, The Gun Club singer and songwriter Jeffrey Lee Pierce, Fad Gadget, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Henry Rollins, and A.C. Marias.

After the release of These Immortal Souls' second album, I'm Never Gonna Die Again, (1992) and another Howard/Lunch collaboration Shotgun Wedding, Howard, Lunch and members of The Beasts Of Bourbon performed live on tour in Australia and Europe with guitarist Link Benka. Shotgun Wedding was re-released with a second compact disc of live recordings. Shotgun Wedding featured cover versions of "In My Time of Dying" and Alice Cooper's "Black Juju". Recorded in Memphis with Link Benka (rhythm guitar), Joseph -Joe- Drake (bass) and Brent Newman (aka Glyn Styler) (drums).

Howard sang backing vocals on the Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds album Let Love In (1994). In 1995 These Immortal Souls contributed their version of "You Can't Unring a Bell" to a Tom Waits tribute album Step Right Up.

In September 2007, Howard joined with Magic Dirt and Beasts of Bourbon for a tour of the east coast of Australia. Howard appeared at the All Tomorrows Parties rock festival in Australia in January 2009, curated by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. He was backed by Mick Harvey on drums, and JP Shilo on bass. Howard's second solo album, Pop Crimes, was released in October 2009 to acclaim from the musician Robert Forster. He appeared on the Magic Dirt EP White Boy playing guitar and supplying vocals on the track "Summer High".🎂